29 July 2016 - The Security Council today extended for two weeks the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), allowing time for its membership to consider options on adapting the operation’s mandate amid renewed violence in the world’s youngest country.
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Chinese Peacekeepers patrolling the outside of the UN Camp in Juba South Sudan in a bid to protect women who venture out of the POC for food and firewood. Photo: UNMISS/Julio R. Brathwaite
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